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Good morning , good afternoon , all good evening . Where are you all in the world today ? Welcome to the mass timber construction podcast . My name is Paul Kramer , your host , And thank you very much , bruce Buffer , for another introduction .
It is nearly the middle of the year and we'd like to say a special good morning , good afternoon , all good evening to everyone who's in Europe . At the moment . It seems like everybody is travelling to Oslo in Norway for the World Conference for Timber Engineering And unfortunately I couldn't be there .
But I wish everybody on that trip an amazing journey And I hope that you get so much out of the presentations and the talks . Many , many friends and colleagues of mine have said that they are heading over to present and I hope you do catch up with them And I hope that you have an amazing time .
Let's have a look at what's making news around the world this week in mass timber construction land , and the headlining news this week is that Swedish developer Atrium Lindberg is planning to build what it says is the world's largest wooden city in Stikla , a former industrial quarter in southern Stockholm .
Our understanding is that white architecture and Henning Larsson are teaming up to deliver what will be a 250,000 square meter Stockholm Wood City , with around 2,000 homes , 7,000 office spaces , shops and restaurants . The developer aims to go break ground in about 2025 , with the buildings finished in 2027 . We look forward to seeing what happens with this .
Stockholm Wood City , as it manifests the future of timber , provides tenants with a strong demand for innovative , sustainable solutions , and we will watch with interest . If you'd like to learn more , please head to the mass timber construction journal LinkedIn Feed . You can see more of the amazing renders that are happening there and the unfolding news .
There seems to be videos available now , more and more details coming out and it's getting quite significant press all over the globe , so we've got all of your information stored in one location .
I'm heading across to Stuttgart now and Harold and Grenwald specialises in the sale and rental of forklifts , telescopic handlers , work platforms and container solutions , and they have just announced a new timber constructed facility that will be headquartered in Stuttgart and it features a translucent all round canopy made of carbonised larch wood with a wooden hat type
approach , which protects against the weather and gives the building a characteristic shape made out of mass timber products to try and create a sustainable way of moving forward in the construction of the company's new headquarters . And heading to the US . Now , antishman Spire secures $750 million for the Harvard Enterprise Research Campus .
The Enterprise Research Campus is a 900,000 square foot mixed use project being developed with the university subsidiary Harvard Elliston Land Company . A terror capital led the construction loan package . Construction on the nine acre first phase is set to begin in the coming weeks , with the building scheduled to be open in 2025 or early 2026 .
Adjacent to the Harvard Business School , the Harvard Science and Engineering Complex in Elston in Massachusetts , the project will feature two laboratory buildings devoted to research and development , as well as 343 unit apartment building and a hotel .
25% of the new multi-family units will be first phase and they'll be deemed affordable for individuals and families earning between 30 to 100% less than the means of income in the US And staying in the US .
And Blueprint Robotics , a Baltimore based company that produces wood frame construction products , is planning to build its 450,000 square foot production facility in Windsor , connecticut , and is said to be the largest North American industrial building erected entirely of mass timber . The 62 acre Lott on Day Hill Road in Windsor , selected by Blueprint , is currently vacant .
It's expected that the building will cost $97 million to design and construct , and the company hopes to break ground in early June or July , with construction finished by the third quarter of 2024 , according to the Blueprint announcement . Congratulations to everyone at Blueprint . Great choice in materials .
If you want to see more about the project in Baltimore , please head to the Mass Timber Construction Journal LinkedIn feed and you can see the renders there .
I'm heading to Holland now and Desoitte Hund has designed a timber office building for the Dutch energy company Atlandia in Amsterdam , and the new offices are described as a circular and flexible workplace consisting of warehouses , test facilities and educational and parking buildings .
If you want to see this amazing photo that's getting some media attention all the way through our social media channels , please head to the Mass Timber Construction Journal LinkedIn feed . So that's it , folks . That's what's making news around the world this week in Mass Timber Construction Land , don't forget , we have our academic journal .
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My name is Paul Kramer , signing off on the Mass Timber Construction podcast .